For a tasty, one-dish meal, break out your cast iron pan and whip up one of these easy skillet dinner recipes.

For a tasty, one-dish meal, break out your cast iron pan and whip up one of these easy skillet dinner recipes. The recipes here are excerpted from Cast Iron Nation: Great American Cooking from Coast to Coast, a new cookbook from Lodge Manufacturing, the country's sole producer of American-made cast iron cookware.

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New England Chicken Potpie with Biscuit Crust

New England Chicken Potpie with Biscuit Crust

This surprisingly easy to make version of all-American chicken potpie comes from cookbook author Jim Villas, and uses farm-fresh peas, onions, mushrooms, celery, and carrots for the filling.

ET's Healthy Gluten-Free Fried Chicken Strips

ET's Healthy Gluten-Free Fried Chicken Strips

According to private chef June Pagan, these gluten-free chicken strips were a favorite of her client, Elizabeth Taylor. Pagan's recipe substitutes brown rice flour in lieu of all-purpose flour for dredging.

ET's Healthy Gluten-Free Fried Chicken Strips

According to private chef June Pagan, these gluten-free chicken strips were a favorite of her client, Elizabeth Taylor. Pagan's recipe substitutes brown rice flour in lieu of all-purpose flour for dredging.

Hay-Roasted Chicken

According to Tyler Brown, executive chef of the Capitol Grille at Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, roasting chicken in wheat straw allows it to retain its moisture and develop a very earthy flavor. You can purchase unsprayed wheat straw from a local farmers' market or feed store.

Shoyu Chicken

According to culinary product specialist Ann Hall Every, Shoyu (the Japanese name for soy sauce) Chicken is one of the most popular foods in Hawai'i when ordering a "plate lunch," which can be experienced at drive-ins as well as many other casual restaurants. It's typically served with two scoops of rice and a scoop of macaroni salad.